Show NEWS SUMMARY the texas senate has baa passed abs tbs mil bill 1 a capital offense fence of The TheTa Taku harbor is open and od steamers ri are expected to return there soon eoon I 1 it t is reported from china that french troops troop will return home during the month the british admiralty its approved the scheme of building abig naval dock at port royal C n H fiedle bookkeeper of a pittsburg pa bank has been rented arrested it for an alleged shortage of the shipwrecked chew of ten tea men of tho the BL schooner hooner george balley bailey has been picked up by a german steamer the queen regent of spain has asked general to form a now new cabinet lie he may accept the charge russia and other powers have ad dressed to the sultan of turkey against the macedonian donlan din die orders jules coutre of rouses point N Y la Is under arrest charged with driving eight chinese from canada into the united states A boiler in the mill of jacob allude wood at creuset Creus et 0 1 exploded friday killing instantly four men and inbur ing several others there has bein becu another battle be tween the rebel indians indiana and the federal troops near tab Al mexico exico la in which the ho indians indiana were defeated the russians it is in said are taking advantage of the existing situation and are pressing ll LI hung chang hard to rush through the manchurian convention oil has been struck thirty miles from carlsbad N M on tile the texas line at a depth of 80 flet fiet which bubbles up from the bottom of the well like a spring germany recently appointed her first salaried consul to central america accredited to the state of nicaragua with a to ila bo established at ab managua rio janeiro police have arrested two italians arid and donato who sent a letter latter to the king of italy announce ing that a conspiracy had been formed to take ills his life the aberli an government is the only government which lias has announced its intention 10 to compensate tile the chinese for the land required to extend the lo 10 legation grounds one thousand dollars in diamonds jewelry and wats watches hes was waa wrested from a citizen within sight of a chicago police station last week the victim was a jewelry salesman the german government has invested fully 93 35 0 1 in various enterprises terp rises risea in central america and german farms farina and plantations occupy more inore than 74 2000 acres the president has deigned the army appropriation bills velch contain the provisions relating to alie relations of the united baates to cuba and the government of the philippines military men in london now assume that the col collapse lapso of the boer arms cannot be beteri deafened ed many weeks since it will be impracticable for the burghers burgher to obtain a fresh supply of war will ferial the smallpox epidemic Is in spreading rapidly among the cocopah Co eopal indians indiana near the mouth of the colorado river fifty cases have been reported and four deaths have of Luried and many more is expected by direction of general Mac macarthur Arthurs D M carmen an american contractor w who bics was taken into custody february 5 charged with aiding the fill pino insurgents has been released on 10 10 cash ball fifty six claims of german employed emp loyes of the transvaal railroad who had been expelled from that country have been submitted to great britain who has declared declai ed herself lier self to be ready in principle to compensate them for their losses there are at present in central america fifteen gurman girman consuls vice consuls conallis nod and consul agents whose duty it is to look after the interests of at ab bonat 4 geriann reside utIs und and business flims tIlL thin rt they are paid fees rebel activity throughout colombia au aud d especially around colon is increasing an engagement occurred at cla pata last week when the attacking attaching rebels fought persistently but were ultimately driven off with heavy losses it is now run rumored nored that in bithas negotiations with lord kitchener Kitchen erbe he has been anxious to know what would be his status V iliin the war was ovellia ove and this is ia taid said to it have aye caubet some delay in announcing the remit 0 of I 1 the pour par leuis I 1 the he st bit correspond lor respondent ent of the london daily express says that karpovich the student valio recently shot the russian minister of public instruction st tiou NI Bogo lepolt lepoff belongs belonga to a nihilist acis loiety soi lety ety aud and was waa chosen by ballot to kill him I 1 athas it it as be been e n ascer ascertained tal ned I 1 in n th the e C charleston navy yards that lear hear admiral W sampson is at work upon a volume of memoirs it will comprise a history of the spanish Span isih var liar from ilia his point of view admiral pion to if noncom non uon com in ID tile |